- Final Draft is a bit of a walled garden…and that's fine since it can take you…from writer's draft to shooting script.…There may be time when you need to get some text…out of the program, let's see how.…Henry Ford said, "You could have Model T in any color,…"as long as it was black."…Final Draft is kind of the same way with exporting.…You can export to any file format you like,…as long as it's plain text.…With your script open, choose Export from the File Menu.…The Dialog Box let's you pick a file format here…from the Drop Down Menu.…

There's four different types of Proprietary File…Draft Formats.…Then there's something called File Converter Format…which turns out to be another Proprietary…Final Draft Format.…There's HTML which is the File Format for Web Pages…and I doubt you're going to be turning your feature…in to a Website.…There's Rich Text Format which has fallen by the wayside…and surprise, surprise, four different variations…on Plain Text.…Check if the program you need to import your screen play to…excepts Rich Text Format.…

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11/17/2015

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